NJ Voters Don’t Want Christie In The Oval Office

STATE – Less than a quarter of New Jersey voters want Gov. Chris Christie to run for president in 2012, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released today.

Sixty-five percent oppose a Christie bid, 22 percent are in favor and 12 percent are unsure. Christie has repeatedly said he has no plans to seek the White House in 2012.

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“The governor continues to deny any interest in running for president in 2012,” said David Redlawsk, director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll and professor of political science at Rutgers University. “Given these numbers, that’s a pretty good thing. Every time we’ve asked about a presidential run, New Jersey voters have overwhelmingly opposed the idea.”

Results are from a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll of 773 registered voters conducted with both landline and cell phone households from March 28 to April 4, with a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points.